The Sower...

The Sower
(KJV)

Mark 4: 1-14

4:1 And he began again to teach by the sea side:
and there was gathered unto him a great multitude,
so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea;
and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

4:2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

4:3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

4:4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side,
and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

4:5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth;
and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

4:6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched;
and because it had no root, it withered away.

4:7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

4:8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased;
and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.

4:9 And he said unto them,
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

4:10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

4:11 And he said unto them,
Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God:
but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:

4:12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive;
and hearing they may hear, and not understand;
lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

4:13 And he said unto them,
Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

4:14 The sower soweth the word.

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Luke 8: 4-16

8:4 And when much people were gathered together,
and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:

8:5 A sower went out to sow his seed:
and as he sowed, some fell by the way side;
and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

8:6 And some fell upon a rock;
and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.

8:7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

8:8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold.
And when he had said these things, he cried,
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

8:9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?

8:10 And he said,
Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God:
but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

8:11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

8:12 Those by the way side are they that hear;
then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

8:13 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy;
and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

8:14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth,
and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

8:15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart,
having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

8:16 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed;
but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.